Fast & Furious star Sung Kang talks about life lessons, 100-year plans, and the meaning of cars ahead of the release of his new series, The Ride Life with Sung Kang, in Summer 2024. 

Anne Jakrajutatip, the high-profile Thai owner of JKN Global Group/Miss Universe Organisation, faces the fight of her life to keep her crown. Hi-glamour and hi-drama have walked side by side for this year’s Miss Universe pageant and its owner, the Bangkok-based JKN Global Group.

Whatever else separates them, distributors are united in their experience that the demand for Asian content across platforms and genres is rising.

Korean authorities are doing everything they can to protect and promote K-content. Our New Year watch list includes the new US$776-million fund, which kicks off in 2024 along with benefits of the peace accord signed between SK Telecom and Netflix.

Asian continued to flex its storytelling muscle in 2023. 2024 could be tougher, but the storytelling skills gained as the premium space expands? Those can’t be rebottled.

2023 was a year of high drama, with relationships all over the map, some wins & turnarounds, and a few decisions that mean the universe is changed forever. The question for 2024 is what this world might look like.